Addams, Charles, 1912-1988

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Addams, Charles, 1912-1988

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Addams, Charles

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Creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky (and altogether ooky) the adult cartoons of Charles Addams have earned a permanent place in popular culture for their numerous adaptations on stage, film and television as The Addams Family. Most frequently appearing in The New Yorker, Addams' single-panel cartoons depict macabre characters in equally macabre situations -- with humor as whimsical as it is pitch-black. Though he died in 1988, new adaptations of Addams' work continue to be made, often hewing closer to the darker tone of his original cartoons. Start with: The World of Chas Addams

Creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky (and altogether ooky) the adult cartoons of Charles Addams have earned a permanent place in popular culture for their numerous adaptations on stage, film and television as The Addams Family. Most frequently appearing in The New Yorker, Addams' single-panel cartoons depict macabre characters in equally macabre situations -- with humor as whimsical as it is pitch-black. Though he died in 1988, new adaptations of Addams' work continue to be made, often hewing closer to the darker tone of his original cartoons. Start with: The World of Chas Addams